Legal proceedings continue in a molestation case against local dentist Dr. Robert Boyda Jr., 42, of Mt. Lebanon, who has two separate practices in Scott and Robinson.

Boyda was accused of sexually assaulting female patients -- some of them teenagers -- while the patients were under anesthesia at his offices on Cochran Road and Steubenville Pike.

Police initially received allegations against Boyda in at least four separate incidents, and that number of allegations has since jumped to 20.

Original charges include indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors and indecent exposure.

Last Friday was the second day of a preliminary hearing, and District Judge Gary Zyra did not make a decision as of press-time if Boyda will stand trial.

Heidelberg

Motor vehicle accident

Joshua Dunbar, 18, of Garfield Street, was cited for various motor vehicle code violations by Heidelberg police after they were called to the scene of a hit and run accident on May 4.

Police said a driver fled the scene after his vehicle crashed into a wall near a driveway on Garfield Street.

Dunbar's vehicle --with extensive front end damage and missing a fender --was later observed traveling on Hope Hollow Road.

DUI

Heidelberg police charged Christopher Hauck, of Canterbury Lane in McMurray, with driving under the influence on East Railroad Street on May 6.

Police said Hauck is also wanted on an Allegheny County outstanding arrest warrant for charges including possession of illegal narcotics and marijuana. He was transported to the Allegheny County Jail.

The passenger, Colby Welsh, of Kelso Road in Pittsburgh, was charged with possession of narcotics and marijuana.

Collier Township

Theft

• Collier police reported a Dell laptop computer was stolen from a Chevy Trail Blazer parked at Great Southern Shopping Center on May 8.